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Mark Justiniani

Mark Justiniani (Born 1966) is active/lives in Philippines.  Mark Justiniani is known for Painting.

Justiniani loves to place his characters in precarious conditions courting danger. While Justiniani introduces a comic note, he is more complex than a cartoon figure, for he is also the sign of the ludicrous and the absurd, as well as the oppressive grotesque as he leapfrogs over lesser creatures, or plays the power game with other equally hefty colleagues.

The kneeling everyman, dressed in camisa de chino, bears angelic wings yet is about to pick up a hammer. What is he going to do next? At the same time he also signifies a fleshy bumbling playfulness defying gravity and giving the lie to appearances.

His paintings in oil can also be seen as explorations of Filipino folk culture that show the intertwining of indigenous and colonial elements. They often have the large sky for a background, not a neutral, undifferentiated space, but flecked with clouds. It is a longing allied to a clear folk romantic strain that permeates through the artist’s work, but is often cl   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1709 characters.]  Artist bio

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